Football club attendances (2009)
Football club attendances (2009): The table below displays the highest football club/team attendance averages, across the football codes, for all regular seasons concluding in 2009. Regular seasons are also known as "home and away" seasons. These figures have been drawn from domestic and super league competitions.
Continental championships, such as the UEFA Champions League, have been ignored, as these lack a true regular season. Only those clubs achieving a home attendance average of 45,000 plus will be displayed in this list, to be updated annually.
The world's major football codes include:
- Football (soccer) premierships;
- American football, whose flagships are the CFL and the NFL;
- Australian rules football, whose flagship is the AFL;
- Rugby league premierships;
- Rugby union premierships, such as Super 14;
- Other major football codes, such as Gaelic football.
Rank |
CLUB |
COUNTRY |
COMPETITION |
SPORT |
HOME GAMES |
AVERAGE |
MAIN GROUND |
CAPACITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Dallas Cowboys |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
89756 |
Cowboys Stadium |
80000 |
2 |
Washington Redskins |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
84794 |
FedExField |
91704 |
3 |
New York Giants |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
78701 |
Giants Stadium |
80242 |
4 |
New York Jets |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
77052 |
Giants Stadium |
80242 |
5 |
Manchester United |
England |
Premier League |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
75304 |
Old Trafford |
76212 |
6 |
Denver Broncos |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
75116 |
INVESCO Field at Mile High |
76125 |
7 |
Borussia Dortmund |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
74830 |
Signal Iduna Park |
81264 |
8 |
Carolina Panthers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
73289 |
Bank of America Stadium |
73298 |
9 |
Real Madrid |
Spain |
La Liga |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
71947 |
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium |
80354 |
10 |
FC Barcelona |
Spain |
La Liga |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
71328 |
Camp Nou |
98787 |
11 |
Baltimore Ravens |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
71082 |
M&T Bank Stadium |
70107 |
12 |
Green Bay Packers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
70708 |
Lambeau Field |
72922 |
13 |
Houston Texans |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
70608 |
Reliant Stadium |
72000 |
14 |
New Orleans Saints |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
70105 |
Louisiana Superdome |
72003 |
15 |
San Francisco 49ers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
69732 |
Candlestick Park |
70207 |
16 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
69144 |
Lincoln Financial Field |
68532 |
17 |
Tennessee Titans |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
69143 |
LP Field |
68798 |
18 |
Bayern München |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
69000 |
Allianz Arena |
69000 |
19 |
Cleveland Browns |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
68888 |
Cleveland Browns Stadium |
73200 |
20 |
New England Patriots |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
68756 |
Gillette Stadium |
68756 |
21 |
Atlanta Falcons |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
68173 |
Georgia Dome |
71228 |
22 |
Buffalo Bills |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
67808 |
Ralph Wilson Stadium |
73967 |
23 |
San Diego Chargers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
67543 |
Qualcomm Stadium |
71294 |
24 |
Miami Dolphins |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
67542 |
Land Shark Stadium |
75540 |
25 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
67514 |
Arrowhead Stadium |
79451 |
26 |
Seattle Seahawks |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
67392 |
Qwest Field |
67000 |
27 |
Indianapolis Colts |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
66549 |
Lucas Oil Stadium |
63000 |
28 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
65649 |
Raymond James Stadium |
66321 |
29 |
Cincinnati Bengals |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
64004 |
Paul Brown Stadium |
65535 |
30 |
Minnesota Vikings |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
63775 |
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
64000 |
31 |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
63485 |
Heinz Field |
65050 |
32 |
Arizona Cardinals |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
63142 |
University of Phoenix Stadium |
63500 |
33 |
Chicago Bears |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
62250 |
Soldier Field |
61500 |
34 |
Schalke 04 |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
61387 |
Veltins-Arena |
61482 |
35 |
Arsenal FC |
England |
Premier League |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
60040 |
Emirates Stadium |
60355 |
36 |
AC Milan |
Italy |
Serie A |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
59731 |
San Siro |
85700 |
37 |
Celtic FC |
Scotland |
SPL |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
57671 |
Celtic Park |
60832 |
38 |
Inter Milan |
Italy |
Serie A |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
55345 |
San Siro |
85700 |
39 |
St. Louis Rams |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
55237 |
Edward Jones Dome |
66000 |
40 |
Hamburger SV |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
54774 |
HSH Nordbank Arena |
57274 |
41 |
Collingwood Magpies |
Australia |
AFL |
Australian rules football |
11 |
53436 |
Melbourne Cricket Ground |
100000 |
42 |
Olympique Marseille |
France |
Ligue 1 |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
52276 |
Stade Vélodrome |
60031 |
43 |
Hertha Berlin |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
52157 |
Olympic Stadium (Berlin) |
74228 |
44 |
VfB Stuttgart |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
51926 |
Mercedes-Benz Arena |
55896 |
45 |
Essendon Bombers |
Australia |
AFL |
Australian rules football |
11 |
50708 |
Etihad Stadium |
56347 |
46 |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
49651 |
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium |
67164 |
47 |
Rangers F.C. |
Scotland |
SPL |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
49534 |
Ibrox Stadium |
49500 |
48 |
Detroit Lions |
USA |
NFL |
American football |
8 |
49395 |
Ford Field |
65000 |
49 |
1 FC Köln |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
49312 |
RheinEnergieStadion |
50997 |
50 |
Ajax Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
Eredivisie |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
49014 |
Amsterdam ArenA |
51628 |
51 |
Newcastle United |
England |
Premier League |
Football (soccer) |
19 |
48750 |
St James' Park |
52387 |
52 |
Carlton Blues |
Australia |
AFL |
Australian rules football |
11 |
47838 |
Etihad Stadium |
56347 |
53 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
47376 |
Borussia Park |
54019 |
54 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
Germany |
Bundesliga 1 |
Football (soccer) |
17 |
47012 |
Commerzbank-Arena |
52300 |
References:
AFL crowd figures have been sourced from the 2009 AFL season page (Wikipedia)
European football crowd figures have been sourced from European Football Statistics.
NFL crowd figures have been sourced from NFL attendances (ESPN).